My love for cigar boxes takes me back to a time when Florida was a much different place. Cigars were rolled by hand in a town called Ybor City, just east of where I live. Many of the old factory buildings still stand. I like to reminisce of what life was like for people back then, my mother, aunt and grandparents included.
Seeing as how this is the last Annual Catalog (as long as that YouTuber was correct), I'm starting something that I've had on my mind for a while. I'd like to copy, or at least be inspired by cards I've seen in the catalog.
So today's card is an inspiration from page 11. It’s actually a card kit featuring blue paper with white printed flowers on it. But I was able to recreate this look with some reverse stamping.
For my card, I started with the Bible verse that Word Art Wednesday provided. Then I created the word Jesus in Canva. It has a slight arch to it, and the font is called Mervale Script. I ran this through the printer twice, knowing that I would cut it down to a 5 x 7 card. I thought I had plenty of room, but looking at it after I got the 3 images on the top, I wish I had made the printing a bit lower. That's why the pink hearts are there, to kind of balance it out.
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| My card is a 5 x 7 size. |
Then I saw the sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Challenge and thought that would be a perfect way to use up the patterned paper. And since it has never been opened (even though I had to have it right away!) I'm playing along with the NBUS Challenge too.
Below are all four, but I wanted to only feature one over at Love Those Pretty Papers. I thought the one with the bicycle and the lamb would be a good one. I love how it can be for Easter or Spring. Their optional feature for the March challenge is Circles. These four images were circular, so that worked out perfectly, but you don't have to use circles, only pretty paper!
I had to do some fussy cutting of some of the images, but it was pretty easy.
I knew it would be a bigger card, since I wanted my circles to be about 2" in diameter and I also wanted a border on them. I ended up using a 5 x 7 card base, but the circle do stick off a little. It still stand up and looks cute and creative, however it doesn't fit into a standard 5 x 7 envelope. I think I'll get some nice kraft gift wrap from the Dollar Tree and use this on the top of a gift, kind of like a giant "to and from" tag.
Here's my complete supply list for this card:
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Their theme this time is an inspiration card from Stef Perry. She's created a beautiful card with two flowers on it. I was inspired by her use of gold embossing around the flowers and gold in the background of the card as well.
I'm still experimenting with heat embossing on a dry embossed surface. I've seen some really cool cards made with this technique, but mine is still a bit messy. I want to get better at embossing only the top and not the background as much Anyway, I do like this little creations, so I'm entering it with them.
Hi there stamping friends! Today's card is made especially for our newest challenge over at Word Art Wednesday. Our sponsor this round is Concord & 9th, and they're offering a $30.00 gift certificate to a randomly chosen winner!
For my project I used their "Filled With Joy" Dies and Sentiments. I have the stencils too, but it was so very easy just to cut the flowers, centers and stems, give them a brushing of ink and glue them down.
Here's my complete supply list:
We would love it if you would join us! All of our challenges are always "anything goes" and you don't have to use the scripture of the sponsors product. Just play along and have fun. We love seeing the beautiful things that you all make!